“Dangerous Lies” is as Predictable as Can be
The film may be a thriller, but I wasn’t thrilled by it. If anything, I was bored and annoyed.
Hidden Attack of the Dead
Kimi faces financial difficulties by taking an illegal loan to pay off her father’s medical fee, but he passed away. She is emotionally exhausted for being demanded every day for the payment of debts. One day, Kimi takes her friend Masami’s advice and does a job as a shooting model. But the shooting studio is being backed by a cult religion. Kimi is taken to the abandoned building and raped with shooting a video. Now, Kimi is forced to recruit men for the cult and unable to escape. At the same time, haunting occurs repeatedly around Mr.Shingyoji (video shooting director). This was because Shingyoji’s younger brother, Imaichi, killed a couple and accidentally moves stone statue. The stone statue was to enshrine the ghosts and this accident releases the ghosts. The dead couple were possessed with the ghosts and start killing not only Mr. Shingyoji’s crew but also Kimi. Can Kimi survive in this desperate situation …?
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Kimi faces financial difficulties by taking an illegal loan to pay off her father’s medical fee, but he passed away. She is emotionally exhausted for being demanded every day for the payment of debts. One day, Kimi takes her friend Masami’s advice and does a job as a shooting model. But the shooting studio is being backed by a cult religion. Kimi is taken to the abandoned building and raped with shooting a video. Now, Kimi is forced to recruit men for the cult and unable to escape. At the same time, haunting occurs repeatedly around Mr.Shingyoji (video shooting director). This was because Shingyoji’s younger brother, Imaichi, killed a couple and accidentally moves stone statue. The stone statue was to enshrine the ghosts and this accident releases the ghosts. The dead couple were possessed with the ghosts and start killing not only Mr. Shingyoji’s crew but also Kimi. Can Kimi survive in this desperate situation …?
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Genre:Horror
Written By:Seiji Chiba
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